Traffic shelter



J. A. MCKELVY- TRAFFIC SHELTER.

' APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1922- 1,431,243. Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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attorney; I

TRAFFICSHELTER. APPLICATION FILED APR. I5, 1922.

Patented Oct. 10,1922.

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Unite STATES J'AMES A. IVIGKELVY, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRAFFIC SHELTER.

Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial No. 553,255.

To all whom itmay concern: 1

Be it knownthat 1, JAMES A. McKnLvY, a citizen of the United States ofiimerica. and resident of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented eertain'new and useful Improvements in Traiii c Shelters, of which the following is a specification. i

A This invention relates to shelters that are particularly adapted for use by policemen or traffic oflicers as a protection from the elements, the saidinvention having for an object the provision of a novel shelter or tentlike structure which may be portable and collapsible; the said device being effective to protect the occupant from rain and wind, while at the same time enabling the occupant tomanipulate or operate a semaphore or signal by which the traffic is directed.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a shelter of the character indicated, withv a platform and suitable shields or walls, preferably having transparent panes, in order that the observation may be in all directions from within the shelter.

It is a further object 'of this invention to produce a shelter of the character indicated which will withstand the force of wind with out becoming distorted or displaced, so that practically regardless of weather conditions,

the occupant of the shelter will tively comfortable.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention "consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which I Figure 1 illustrates a View in side elevation of the shelter and signaling device;

Figure 2 illustrates a front view of the shelter;

fFigure 3 illustrates a top plan view there- 0 S Figure 4 illustrates a plan view of the floor;

be compara- Figure 5 illustrates an enlarged sectional view of a fragment of the shelter;

Figure 6 illustrates a plan view of the roof frame;

Figure 7 illustrates a sectional view thereof; and

Figure 8 illustrates a sectional view through the posts, showing the floor board in plan.

In these drawings 10 denotes the base which may be a box-like structure of any suitable type, through the approximate center of which a pivot bolt 11 extends, the said bolt also projecting through the floor frame 12 on which the floor board 13 is supported, it being the purpose of the inventor that the floor frame shall be capable of rotation on the base, in order that the open portion of the shelter shall be faced in different directions.

.The floor board may have a plurality of studs 1.4 in its edge, to which the shelter wall 15 is secured by temporary fastenings such as snap fasteningz s and the like. so that the shelter wall may be applied to or removed from the floor board. The shelter wall, in the present embodiment of the invention, comprises preferably a canvas or like fabric having a plurality of openings such as 16. protected by transparent panes 17 of material such as celluloid, and the shelter wall may have apertures such as 18 covered with aprons 19 that are free from the shelter wall, except along their top edges in order that the hand of the operator may be extended through the openings in the shelter wall for the purpose of gaining access to the semaphore operating mechanism.

The floor board is provided with a plurality of base sockets 20 in which posts 21 are fitted, and these posts preferably have reduced upper ends 22 that enter apertures 23 in the roof frame 24, it being shown that the roof frame, in'the present embodiment of the invent-ion, comprises a substantially circular marginal band 2%? and cross ribs 25 with their ends anchored to the band. The cross ribs are preferably arched so that the covering of the shelter will shed water expeditiously.

The shelter Wall may be extended over ing: an anchorage the tGIllD The inner surfaces oi? the she have guides or rings whicyi embrace t s posts and retain the parts in proper posi tions, preventing undue flapping 0;? the shelter wall which might result hrough the wind pressure. The guides are preferably made of strips of canvas having ordinary snap fasteners.

A red 29 extends across the open tron";- of the shelter wall and it has eyes -30 which are slidable on two of the posts El, the said rod being held at di' rent positions of adjustment by set screv ii. A i I or apron 32 is connected to the saii rod, and it may he adjusted in heigrht the rod is moved. The lower end oi the -foot covering or apron may he secured to the edge olf the platfo m in appropriate way, and when these parts are properly adjusted, rain will he prevented 'lroni raining acess to the feet of the occupant oil? the shelter, and the feet of the occr All? will likewise be protected from the wind.

The semaphore or signal 33 may he of any appropriate type, and as the construction of the semaphore is immz e ial, the parts thereoi wi l not he der-scriht except as to the provision ot anchorages such as pins or the like, for the hooks 35 by which the semaphore is connected to the it fame of the shelter at the top, and the anchorage 06 on the base of the semaphore tor eng ,ii the hooks 37 extendin from the base 0 the shelter.

From an inspection of the drawinq, and from the foregoing description, it ill he seen that the shelter may be constructed to Withstand unusual exposure. and that the occupant the shelter will he protected to a very great extent by reason of the fact that the shelter wall can be almost Wholly closed and yet the occupant may observe tra'ffic and operate the semaphore to direct it.

Furthermore, the parts oi the shelter may tismantled and stored in comparatively small space, wherea, can be readily set up for use by people of ordinary still.

I claim:

1. In a shelter, a floor, a shelter wall secured at its lower end to the floor, a roof frame, posts anchored on the floor and conneeted to the frame to support the frame, he shelter wall haxungg transparent sections and covered openings, means for securing; the said shelter wall to the root frame, a rover for the root frame, rings connected to the shelter well through which the posts extend, a rod having; eyes slidable on two of the posts, a foot co 'ering connected to the rod, and means for holding the rod at different positions of adjustment.

0 1 a floor frame through which the bolt extends, a floor on the said frame, a shelter wall liming its lower end connected to the edge of the floor, a root frame, posts for supporting the root frame, post sockets on the floor in which the said posts are anchored, means for connecting the said posts to the root frame, means for securing the shelter wall to the root frame, a cover for the root :trame, a foot covering at the front of the shelter wall, and. means for suspending the foot covering.

3. In a shelter, base, a bolt therethrough, a floor frame through which the bolt extloor on the said frame, a shelter 7; its lower end connected to the ac floor, a root frame, posts for suppoi. the reol :trame, post sockets on the floor in wnich the said posts are anchored, means for connecting the said posts to the root frame, means for securing the shelter wall to the root frame, a cover for the roof frame, a foot covering at the front of the shelter Wall, means for supporting the foot covering comprising a rod having eyes slidahle' on two or the posts, and means for securing the rod at different positions of adjustment.

JAMES A. MGKELVY.

a shelter, base, a bolt therethrough, I 

